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IV. Waste Generation Characterization: <br />The data obtained from the solid waste generation study <br />were used to determine the total quantity of solid waste <br />generated, diverted, and disposed of within the jurisdiction. <br />This information was used to identify the quantities and types <br />of materials which can be targeted to meet diversion goals. <br />The County Solid Waste Division of the Department of Public <br />Works keeps records of weights and volumes of wastes received <br />from the franchised and licensed collectors and from other <br />commercial, industrial and residential customers. However, the <br />franchised and licensed collectors usually have both city and <br />unincorporated area customers, and their records don't usually <br />reflect those distinctions. <br />The total quantity of solid waste disposed of by the <br />collectors was determined by obtaining from each franchised or <br />licensed collector the number of cans, bins, and drop boxes <br />collected in the cities and in the unincorporated areas during <br />1990. Using these figures the percentage of waste which they <br />collected from each city and the unincorporated County was <br />calculated and applied to the total amount of wastes they hauled <br />to permitted landfills during the six month, May to November, <br />1990, waste characterization study. This information was then <br />projected for the entire year. <br />Appendix I 30 <br />